Rare Earths Top Stories

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs, disputes over consultation and executive shakeups have some major projects facing uncertainty […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 4, 2025 | 1:02 pm

Infographic: Mining and exploration in Greenland

Greenland has made headlines in the last six months amid…

Blair McBride | July 11, 2025 | 11:59 am

US Snapshot: Mining and exploration for copper, gold, rare earths and more

The United States has a long mining and exploration history…

Northern Miner Staff | October 17, 2024 | 11:34 am

Dead Solaris deal has cash-strapped Canadian miners considering the door

Some of Canada’s leading mining law firms say their clients…

Alisha Hiyate | July 2, 2024 | 3:08 pm

Pink sea pigs, transparent sea cucumbers discovered in area targeted by deep-sea miners

A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between…

Staff Writer | June 6, 2024 | 6:06 am

Global production of critical metals unlikely to meet EU’s demand

A recent study by Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology found that the current global production levels of raw materials will not match […]

Staff Writer | June 1, 2023 | 6:06 am

AI helps find untapped mineral deposits

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science and other universities and organizations across the US have developed a machine learning model that […]

Staff Writer | May 30, 2023 | 5:05 am

Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater

Finnish companies Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and, […]

Staff Writer | May 10, 2023 | 6:24 am

The new Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit is a good start – but more support is needed

After 15 years funding Canadian exploration in more than 450 financings advancing billions of dollars to hundreds of issuers on behalf of […]

Ron Bernbaum | March 6, 2023 | 2:34 pm

JV Article: Fluor announces dedicated critical minerals team

Fluor Corp., (NYSE: FLR) a global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company with a legacy spanning over 75 years in mining, has […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 1, 2023 | 12:10 pm

Defense Metals shares assay from Wicheeda

Defense Metals (TSXV:DEFN; OTCQB:DFMTF) has shared rare earth element assay results from its 100% owned Wicheeda deposit. These results are from two […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 24, 2023 | 11:59 am

The risks of plundering the periodic table

A recent paper published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution estimates that humans are heading for a situation in which […]

Staff Writer | January 22, 2023 | 5:55 am

NioCorp rare earth demonstration plant shows positive recovery results

NioCorp Developments (TSX:NB; OTCQX:NIOBF) announced success at its rare earth demonstration plant in Quebec. A rare earth dissolution rate of 86-95% was […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 4, 2023 | 11:20 am

How coal mine drainage can become a source of rare earths

A recent study published in the journal Environmental Engineering Science presents a novel process for extracting rare-earth elements from coal mine drainage. […]

Staff Writer | January 4, 2023 | 7:15 am

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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Infographic: Mining and exploration in Greenland

US Snapshot: Mining and exploration for copper, gold, rare earths and more

Dead Solaris deal has cash-strapped Canadian miners considering the door

Pink sea pigs, transparent sea cucumbers discovered in area targeted by deep-sea miners

Global production of critical metals unlikely to meet EU’s demand

AI helps find untapped mineral deposits

Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater

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